The Feng Shui of Love: Arranging Your Home to Attract and Hold Love-With Personalized Astrological Charts and Forecasts [Illustrated] [Paperback]

T. Raphael Simons (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 28, 1999

T. Raphael Simons, America's leading feng shui expert, teaches readers how to transform their homes to attract, enhance, and enrich romantic love in their lives. Based on ancient Taoist secrets that join feng shui and Chinese astrology, Simons’ method is personalized through questionnaires and individualized charts. Readers will learn how to use their own personal styles of relating, relationship elements, and areas of special interest to arrange their homes in a personally meaningful and effectual way.
With THE FENG SHUI OF LOVE you can:
· Read your personal horoscope and your astrological compatibilities with others in your life
· Read your romantic fortune according to your door’s compass direction
· Discover your personal element, your relationship element, auspicious compass directions for aligning your furniture, and auspicious colors
· Discover your yin/yang style of relating
· Discover which element you favor most in your life and what it means for you
· Learn how to neutralize negative energy through the use of objects and colors
· Learn how to achieve perfect harmony and balance in your environment
· Learn detailed yet practical solutions for achieving a nurturing, loving environment


From the Hardcover edition.

Editorial Reviews

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DEAR READERS

In reading over some of the reader's reviews, two points appear very much in need of clarification, namely, the nature of the Chinese calendar (upon which the Chinese astrological and compass methods in my books are based) and whether or not my books are just for beginners.

There are two Chinese calendars. One is Solar and one is Lunar. Both are combined in the "Li Shu," or astrological ephemeris. The Solar calendar, upon which 9-Star astrology is based, begins every year on about February 4th, i.e. 15 degrees Aquarius (the mid-point between Winter Solstice and Vernal Equinox). The Lunar calendar, upon which the Ba Tzu astrology is based, always begins on the 2nd New Moon after the Winter Solstice. Both systems are clearly described in my books, 9 Star in my first two books, Ba Tzu in my third. My astrological, and therefore calendrical, calculations are absolutely correct.

As to whether my books are for beginners or not, they are, indeed, for beginners, but they are for advanced students as well. They go as far as any book in a non-Chinese language can possibly go without going into nonsense. There are, of course, more advanced techniques, but the interested student must undergo personal training in order to learn them. I privately teach the most advanced classical fengshui techniques, which include the complete Ba Tzu astrological system with its Lo Pan compass methods. To learn these, the student has to first to learn a basic set of no fewer than about 50 Chinese characters in order to read, and make calculations with, the Li Shu, and so forth. Notwithstanding, what is in my books works very well. My books are 100% traditional, straight forward and designed as step-by-step manuals. If you use them, you will get very positive results.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Three Rivers Press; illustrated edition edition (December 28, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609804626
• ISBN-13: 978-0609804629
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.2 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,284,152 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars How to Really Improve Relationships, September 16, 2001

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Robin Sacolick (Palo Alto, CA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Feng Shui of Love: Arranging Your Home to Attract and Hold Love-With Personalized Astrological Charts and Forecasts (Paperback)

This book is an ingenious gift from the author. The secrets shared here have helped any number of lives, some of whom I know personally. Simons literally reverse-engineers ancient four pillar feng shui to make some of its most profound insights available to westerners. He approaches relationships not on the perfunctory level often prescribed by the latest fad book, but on the soul level where all of our relationship outcomes are ultimately determined.

This book is a TRUE how-to for relationship enhancement. It invokes feng shui in the way it is meant to be used, to enhance rather than substitute for self-knowledge. What a fantastic opportunity this book provides those who seriously want to improve the world through relationships and feng shui.

And it's not difficult! Simons' brilliance is that the complex Taoist calculations and philosophies are rendered here in common-sense terms that are accessible to and effective for all. Be prepared for a wonderful journey with this book.